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2006.93.100
Waiting for the Circus on Albany Avenue, Hartford, 1897
2006.93.100

Waiting for the Circus on Albany Avenue, Hartford, 1897

Date1897
MediumPhotography; collodion print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/16 x 3 13/16in. (7.8 x 9.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/16 x 3 13/16in. (7.8 x 9.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 3/16 x 5 1/8in. (10.6 x 13cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSix men and boys sit on a rail fence. Another man and a woman stand beside the fence and a bicycle leans against it. A dirt road is in the foreground. A field is in the background, and part of a tree is visible at the left.
Object number2006.93.100
InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "Fourth of July 1897 / Mr. Russell / E.L.B. / LaMott Russell / Ed. King / Waiting for the circus / on Albany Avenue / at foot of Vine Street"; lower right, in pencil, accession number.
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